virevolte
\viʁ.vɔlt\
The verdict
“virevolte” is uncommon French (frequency #98,632 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,632
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tour et retour fait avec vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-virevolte · virevolte · French
virevolte · rank #98,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,632
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 148,117
- PHOTO-FINISH vitreuse
Nearest frequency peer: vitreuse (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “virevolte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vicelard
vicelard
1,373 corpus weight
- villains
villains
1,372 corpus weight
- virevolte
virevolte
1,369 corpus weight
- vitreuse
vitreuse
1,368 corpus weight
- volais
volais
1,367 corpus weight
- vénérées
vénérées
1,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “virevolte” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virevolte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \viʁ.vɔlt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “virevolte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
virevolte is uncommon French at frequency #98,632 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \viʁ.vɔlt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
virevolte has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is virevolte, spelled V-I-R-E-V-O-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tour et retour fait avec vitesse.
- 2Demi-tour rapide.
- 3Changement rapide d'opinion ou de sentiment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how virevolte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussitôt assis, Carmine se retira dans une contemplation silencieuse. Il n’eut d’yeux que pour les virevoltes du traiteur à la veste tachée, le suicide collectif des moucherons contre la flamme nue d’un bec de gaz et le manège d’une jeune femme, assise non loin de lui, très décolletée, une créature comme il n’en avait jamais vu.
Il s’était dressé, tendant la main pour saisir celle de Juliette et la baiser, mais Mme Massegrain dans une virevolte avait déjà gagné la porte de la rue.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.